Land and lawn roller



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A. BARROWS, YS1.4

'LAND AND LAWN ROLLER. No. 259,460. Patented June 13.1882.

N. Pneus. mumgnphn, www n n IlNiTn Arent ARAD BARROW'S, SR., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LAND AND LAWN ROLLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 259,460, dated June 13, 1882.

Application filed July 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ARAB BARRoWs, Sr., of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Land and Lawn Rollers for Agricultural and other Uses 5 and I do hereby declare the following to be a suiciently full, clear, and exact description thereof to enable others skilled in the art to make and use the said invention.

The purpose of this invention is at alower cost to produce rollers of sufcient weight with a yielding metallic face, so as to be less liable to breakage than rollers heretofore made.

The nature of myinventionconsistsin forming rollers with a cylindric bearing-face of yielding metal, and securing the same to metallic heads holding a concentric lining of wood in cylindric or prismatic form, the space between the wooden lining being ijlled with a concrete or other heavy plastic material.

I will now proceed to describe the invention, referring in so doing to the drawings annexed, in which- Figure l shows a side elevation; Fig. 2, a cross-section; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section, and Fig. 4 a modification thereof.

The same letters of reference apply to the same parts in the several figures.

A represents a roller'h avin g a cylindric shell, B, made of ductile metal, secured by riveting to ianges C on the heads or plates D.

The heads or plates D are formed with flanges E and E', of polygonal form, which t over and retain the ends of the sides of a prismatic box, F.

The space between the flange E and the flange C on each head D is closed or covered by a continuous plate, while that within the flan ges E is provided with aconcentric hub, G, and spokes H, in the form shown in Fig. 4, which is applicable to rollers of small dimensions. The iianges E and E are of such small diameter that a tube, F', may be substituted for the prismatic box F.

After the cylindric shell B has been riveted to the ange G of one head D and the prismatic box placed in position between the iianges E and E', the cylinder B being in vertical position with the head D beneath it, I till the space between the box F and the shell B with a concrete,formed preferably of burned sand and caustic hydraulic cement. I then apply the other head D and rivet it to the shell B, and apply aframe or yoke, H, for purposes of traction, and in large sizes a seat, J, for the driver. v

By this means I am enabled at a lower cost than heretofore to produce land and lawn rollers having durable ductile Working-faces, and of sufficient Weight to be as effective as those of cast-iron rollin g-surfaces not procurable at as small cost.

Having described my invention, whatIclaim therein as my invention is A land-roller having a rolling-surface, B, of flexible metal, combined with heads D and an inner casing or box, F, and having the space between such rollin g-surface B and box F and heads D tlled with a concrete arranged to operate as a weight or load, substantially as and for the purpose set forth'.

ABAD BARROWS, SR.

Witnesses:

D. l). BROWN, J. DANIEL Env. 

